Between Canonical and Apocryphal Texts: Processes of Reception, Rewriting, and Interpretation in Early Judaism and Early Christianity: 419 (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3161539273 ISBN 13: 9783161539275

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck, 2019

Synopsis

The present volume aims at a comparative study of the processes of reception, rewriting and interpretation between canonical and apocryphal texts in early Jewish and early Christian literature. A closer look at the respective developments in both corpora of literature can open up new perspectives for understanding the developments and changes between texts that were already considered authoritative, and their reception in new, 'parabiblical' or 'apocryphal' compositions. The way of reception may also influence the perspective on canonical texts. The range of texts considered includes the LXX, Targumim and Pesharim, books such as Jubilees, the Genesis Apocryphon, the Gospel of Thomas, and Apocryphal Acts, traditions about Esther, Ezra, Manasseh, Peter and Paul, depictions of hell from Enoch to the Apocalypse of Paul, and the development of miracle stories.

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About the Authors

Born 1980; since 2014 Researcher for the HyperNT Project (New Testament Studies), University of Basel.

Geboren 1962; 1996 Promotion; 1998 Habilitation; seit 2010 Professor für Neues Testament an der Universität Zürich.

Born 1971; 2007 PhD; since 2015 Head of Digital Enhanced Learning at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics in Lausanne.

Geboren 1967; 2000 Dr. theol.; 2005-07 Professor für Neues Testament an der Radboud Universität Nimwegen, Niederlande; seit 2007 Professor für Exegese und Hermeneutik des Neuen Testaments an der Universität Regensburg; Research Associate an der University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Südafrika; seit 2018 Leiter des Centre for Advanced Studies "Beyond Canon" an der Universität Regensburg; seit 2019 Adjunct Ordinary Professor an der Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3161539273
• ISBN 13: 9783161539275
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 499
• Editor: Frey Jörg, Clivaz Claire, Nicklas Tobias